1. Using a dictionary, write down the definitions of the nautical terms in the journal entry that are unfamiliar to you.

2. Why might shipmasters have kept daily journals?

3. What were the general weather conditions over the six days recorded in the journal?

4. What do you think life was like on a 19th-century schooner or ship? How might that compare with life on a ship today?

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